User:Seanmcox

Personal Study Resources

• Black Athena: the Afroasiatic roots of classical civilization
• Israel in Egypt: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus Tradition
• Jim Loy's Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Egyptology Page
• Antonia Loprieno, Ancient Egyptian: a linguistic introduction

To Do List

• Finish transcribing some example text.

Allen Update Process

For each word in James P. Allen's "Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs":

1. Look up the word in the wiki.
   1. If there is no page, then create the page based on Allen's information.
2. Perform general cleanup.
   1. Consolidate duplicate definitions.
3. Update word part-of-speech style and detail per Allen.
4. Add spelling examples per Allen.
5. Cite Allen as appropriate.
6. Incorporate trite phrases.
   1. Search for the word and focus on phrase results.
   2. Identify trite phrases that employ the word and provide the phrases on the word page.
   3. Delete the phrase pages that have been incorporated into word pages.
   4. Cite phrases on word pages for other significant phrase words.
7. Cite non-trite phrase pages (without deleting)
   1. Search for the word and focus on phrase results.
   2. Identify non-trite phrases that employ the word and provide the phrases on the word page.
   3. Cite phrases on word pages for other significant phrase words.
8. Add phrase data not already present per Allen.
9. Add references section.

Examples

Part-of-Speech Style
adjective-verb, 2-lit.

Phrase Incorporation

Ȝḫ jb n

to be serviceably minded towards (literally: to be effective of heart for)

Cross-Page Citation
See: Ȝḫ bjt